You could do worse than take a look at the sources for both MTASC and haXe.
MTASC is a compiler for AS2. http://mtasc.org/ haXe is a compiler for... uh... haXe. But haXe is a very AS3-like language (it has its roots in AS). http://haxe.org/ Both are written by Nicolas Cannasse. Both are written in the functional programming language OCAML and are lightning fast. A lot of people swear by functional languages for compiler-writing these days; BNF-style rule-based parsing maps on to functional languages much more naturally than on to OOP/procedural languages. HTH, Ian On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Kerry Thompson<al...@cyberiantiger.biz> wrote: > Anthony Pace wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a good mailing list for compiler design for newbies? >> >> I have books on it, and I know the basics of how to perform tokenization >> and lexical analysis; yet, even with study and practise, I am most >> likely going to be considering myself a newbie in the compiler design >> realm for at least a few years. Keep in mind that my assembly is very >> rudimentary, and my machine code is even worse > > I did some compiler work for Borland, but that was 15 years ago or more. > Anybody remember Borland's Fortran compiler? No? I thought not. > > I don't know of compiler mailing lists, but I can tell you that you probably > don't need assembly or machine code. We did the Fortran compiler in C (not > C++), with very little inline assembly code. I don't know of anybody who has > done machine code for 20 years or more. It is truly obsolete unless you're > writing for some proprietary hardware. > > There is a school of thought that you ought to be able to write a compiler > in its own language. I.e., if you're writing a C++ compiler, you would write > it in C++. I don't know if that would apply so well to ActionScript, though, > because of its speed. I would probably choose a language that compiles to > machine code, like C++, rather than a tokenized language--you want that > extra speed boost in your primary tool. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
